Akron Kids’s PET/CT scanner is the one one in Ohio to supply the Philips Ambient Expertise, which helps create a chilled environment for sufferers with particular lighting, soothing sounds and a big video display.
Akron Kids’s is worked up to announce the addition of on-site PET (positron emission tomography) scans to its radiology companies.
Based on Dr. Michael Rubin, chair, pediatric radiology, “For a kids’s hospital of our measurement, this was the one imaging modality that we didn’t supply. We had sufferers who wanted PET scans, however we couldn’t carry out them in-house.
“The brand new scanner eliminates the necessity for our sufferers to journey to a different facility for testing, permitting us to supply a extra streamlined and environment friendly expertise,” he added. “It’s particularly helpful for inpatients or these requiring sedation.”
The scanner, which was manufactured by GE, options each PET and CT (computed tomography) capabilities to create detailed photographs of each perform and anatomy throughout the physique. This enables medical doctors to pinpoint the situation of abnormalities, comparable to tumors or areas of irritation, with larger precision.
Danica Wilson, age 17, was Akron Kids’s first onsite PET scan affected person. Danica used the ambient expertise within the room the place she obtained her IV to assist her calm down and have much less nervousness earlier than the process began.
Dr. Paul Wong, pediatric radiologist, stated, “We selected the GE mannequin as a result of it’s the popular expertise by many kids’s hospitals. This consistency permits for simpler collaboration and information sharing with different pediatric specialists nationwide.”
“PET/CT scans can be utilized to diagnose and monitor a wide range of circumstances in kids,” stated Dr. Rubin. “Mostly we use them for epilepsy workups to pinpoint seizure areas, diagnosing and monitoring tumors and figuring out infections.”
Kelly Gabele, radiology administrative director, stated, “The brand new PET/CT scanner options expertise that makes use of deep studying to boost picture decision, permitting for the detection of smaller and fewer seen lesions.”
Akron Kids’s PET/CT scanner is the one one in Ohio to supply the Philips Ambient Expertise, which helps create a chilled environment for sufferers with particular lighting, soothing sounds and a big video display.
Akron Kids’s scanner, which is manufactured by GE, options each PET and CT (computed tomography) capabilities to create detailed photographs of each perform and anatomy throughout the physique. This enables medical doctors to pinpoint the situation of abnormalities, comparable to tumors or areas of irritation, with larger precision.
“When sufferers enter the room, they may be capable of choose a theme through a pill mounted on the wall,” stated Kelly. “They’ll additionally join their private gadget to observe their very own content material.”
The ambient expertise is obtainable each throughout the scan and within the consumption room the place the affected person receives their IV to assist them calm down and have much less nervousness earlier than the process begins. A survey carried out by Philips confirmed an 80% discount fee in sedation and a 70% discount within the want for rescans with the expertise.
“Having this gear onsite provides larger scheduling flexibility, permitting us to accommodate each inpatients and outpatients, together with those that might require sedation,” stated Dr. Wong. “This eliminates delays and ensures sufferers obtain the care they want promptly.”
Having a PET scanner onsite eliminates the necessity for Akron Kids’s sufferers to journey to a different facility for testing, permitting for a extra streamlined and environment friendly expertise for each inpatients and outpatients.
With the brand new scanner, PET and CT scans may be carried out consecutively, permitting for sooner analysis and remedy planning. Beforehand, outcomes may take a number of days as a result of they have been being despatched from one other facility.
“We’re assured that this new expertise will probably be a useful asset in offering the very best take care of our sufferers,” stated Dr. Rubin. “It underscores Akron Kids’s ongoing dedication to offering probably the most superior and progressive imaging expertise out there for our sufferers.”
PET scan appointments can be found Monday by Friday from 8 a.m. to three p.m. on the Akron campus.
